Configuring storage (NAS) on the computer as a network drive

You can configure USB storage devices connected to the FRITZ!Box as network drives on all of the computers in the home network. The USB storage devices can then be used as local storage in the Windows Explorer or macOS Finder.

1 Preparations

Configuring a USB storage device for use as storage (NAS)

Installing the SMB1 protocol for Windows 10

Starting with Windows 10 version 1709, the network protocol SMB1 required for accessing storage (NAS) connected to the FRITZ!Box is no longer installed by default. Therefore, make sure that SMB1 support is installed on your Windows 10 computer:

Enter sys in the search box in the Windows taskbar and then select "Control Panel".

Select "Category" from the drop-down list "View by:" on the top right ().